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BF3 - Upcoming Patch Notes - 2/21/2012

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:37:45 +0000

We have some updates about the big patch that everyone is waiting for. This is info that came directly from some people at DICE. Check it out these patches that are coming and let us know what you think in the comments below.

I've received the data for next patch from DICE.
Proof from Demize99's Twitter:
https://twitter.com/#!/Demize99/status/170892548670365696

For some clarification what all these values mean, go to that page too. There's some description for the stats. Feel free to ask about them too on Quick questions & answers - topic, not here.

It's not 100% sure yet that the patch will go live with following numbers as Demize99 told me:

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This is preliminary data, that is to say that it may or may not change, and specifically if there is good community feedback we may either change it immediately or change it in a later update.

The files I received are more specific than the ones we had access to before.

This is not a full list, I haven't analyzed all the data yet.
All the changes and rest of the info that I can get out of these files will be here soon.

Updates to the topic:
18th Feb.
- Added G3A1 max dmg change
- Categorized accuraccy changes
- Added sniper chest multiplier change
- Added more generic info of attachment changes
- Added shotgun damage changes
19th Feb.
- Added PDW damage changes
20th Feb.
Added G18 dmg drop-off start dist nerf
Added Slug & .44 upper chest damage multiplier

Red - Nerf
Green - Buff

1. Damage changes
Assault Rifles:
All assault rifles except G3A1
Min damage 17 -> 18.4

G3A1
Min Damage 20 -> 22
Max damage 30 -> 34

Carbines
SCAR-H
Min Damage 17 -> 20

LMGs
M60 & M240B
Max damage 30 -> 34
Min damage 20 -> 22

PKP
Min damage 20 -> 22

M249, M27IAR, RPK-74M
Min damage 17 -> 18.4

Sniper rifles
All sniper rifles:
Upper chest damage multiplier 1 -> 1.25
Note that all the bolt-action sniper rifles will 1hit kill under distances of 15 meters

M98B
Max damage 95 -> 80
Dropoff start dist. 20 -> 15
Dropoff end dist. 75 -> 120

All other bolt-action sniper rifles
Max damage 75 -> 80
Min damage 55 -> 59
Dropoff start dist. 20 -> 15
Dropoff end dist. 75 -> 100

All semiautomatic sniper rifles except SKS:
Min damage: 34 -> 37.5
Dropoff start distance 12 -> 15

SKS
Dropoff end distance 50 -> 60

Shotguns
12g Slug (Auto & Semiauto)
Max damage 50 -> 75
Min damage 34 -> 37.5
Dropoff start dist. 8 -> 15
Dropoff end dist. 40 -> 50
Upper chest damage multiplier 1.0 -> 1.25

12g Slug (Pump-action)
Min damage 34 -> 37.5
Dropoff start dist. 8 -> 15
Dropoff end dist. 40 -> 50
Upper chest damage multiplier 1.0 -> 1.25

12g Frag (Auto & Semiauto)
Some weird things in the files, not 100% sure about frags yet.
Looks like only the min direct damage is reduced from 10 to 5

12g Frag (Pump-action)
Max direct hit damage 60 -> 67
Blast damage 30 -> 40

12g Buckshot
Max damage 20 -> 12.5
Dropoff start dist. 4 -> 8
Dropoff end dist. 25 -> 30

12g Flechette
Max damage 14.3 -> 11.2
Min damage 8.4 -> 8
Dropoff start dist. 12 -> 15
Dropoff end dist. 25 -> 30

PDWs
P90 & MP7
Min damage 10 -> 11
Drop-off end dist. 50 -> 40

PP2000
Min damage 10 -> 12.5

PDW-R
Min damage 12.5 -> 14.3
Drop-off start dist. 8 -> 4
Drop-off end dist. 50 -> 30

AS VAL
Min damage 16.7 -> 18.4
Drop-off start dist. 8 -> 4
Drop-off end dist. 50 -> 40

PP-19
Min damage 9.1 -> 12.5
Drop-off end dist. 50 -> 40

UMP-45
Min damage 12.5 -> 13.75

Pistols
G18
Drop-off start dist. 12 -> 8

.44 Magnum
It also gets the new 1.25x upper chest damage multiplier

2. Attachments

Fore grip
Basically before it reduced the horizontal recoil by 50%, in these files it reduces h-recoil only ~20-33% depending on weapon.
It also increases the minimum spread 20% ~ 50% depending on stance and weapon.

Suppressor
Suppressors will not reduce the damage anymore.
Now it will reduce the distance where damage starts/stops to drop off instead.
For most weapons it will decrease the min spread by 25% instead of 50%
Although looks like M60 will still have the same 50% effect.

Heavy barrel
For most of the weapons it decreases ADS min spread by 75 or 50% depending on weapon.
Recoil is still increased by 10 or 15% and HIP min spread by 20-25% depending on weapon.

It doesn't make AN94 100% accurate anymore while aiming down the sight.
Reduces ADS min spread by 75% and only increases recoil by 10%, the hip fire penalty is 20% for AN94
G3A1 is same than AN94 except heavy barrel increases recoil 6.7% and hip fire is increased only 14.3%

For few weapons it also makes Spread increase per shot 10% higher.

It will also increase drop-off end distance by 50% making weapons more deadly at ranges between 50m and 90m, depending on weapon.

Flash suppressor
Will decrease recoil by 17 ~ 25% depending on weapon.
For most weapons it increases hip min spread by 20~25% but some weapons don't have any hip accuracy penalty.

Extended magazine
There seems to be extended magazine for AS VAL which didn't exist before.
With ext mag it will have 30 bullets in a mag instead of 20

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3. Accuracy changes

Assault rifles
AEK971
ADS Min Spread, Not moving 0.2 -> 0.4
Recoil right 0.5 -> 0.3

AK74M
Recoil up 0.3 -> 0.28
FirstSRecoilMul 2 -> 1.5

AN94
Recoil up 0.45 -> 0.3
FirstSRecoilMul 1.5 -> 2

F2000
Recoil up 0.3 -> 0.26

FAMAS
Recoil left 0.6 -> 0.35
Recoil right 0.6 -> 0.5
Recoil decrease 15 -> 18
FirstSRecoilMul 2 -> 2.6

G3A1
Recoil up 0.55 -> 0.45
FirstSRecoilMul 1.2 -> 1.8

L85A2
Recoil left 0.4 -> 0.3
Recoil decrease 22 -> 18
Min spread, ADS, not moving 0.4 -> 0.2

M416
FirstSRecoilMul 2 -> 2.4

Carbines
AKS74u
Recoil up 0.3 -> 0.28
FirstSRecoilMul 2 -> 2.2

HK53
Recoil up 0.3 -> 0.28
Recoil left 0.3 -> 0.2
Recoil right 0.5 -> 0.35
Recoil decrease 22 -> 18

SCAR-H
Recoil decrease 15 -> 13

SG553
Recoil up 0.3 -> 0.25
FirstSRecoilMul 2.5 -> 2.2

QBZ-95B
Recoil left 0.5 -> 0.335
Recoil right 0.5 -> 0.335
Recoil decrease 22 -> 18
Min spread, ADS, not moving 0.4 -> 0.5

LMGs

M240
FirstSRecoilMul 1 -> 1.7

M249
FirstSRecoilMul 1 -> 2.2
Recoil decrease 15 -> 12

M60
FirstSRecoilMul 2 -> 1.5

MG36
Recoil decrease 15 -> 13
FirstSRecoilMul 1 -> 1.8

PKP
Recoil up 0.75 -> 0.65
Recoil decrease 7 -> 13
FirstSRecoilMul 1 -> 1.5
Max spread, ADS, not moving 1 -> 3

Type88
Recoil left 0.4 -> 0.3
Recoil right 0.4 -> 0.3
Recoil decrease 15 -> 12
FirstSRecoilMul 1.34 -> 1.5

RPK
Recoil decrease 15 -> 13
FirstSRecoilMul 2 -> 1.8

QBB-95
Recoil up 0.45 -> 0.37
Recoil left 0.1 -> 0.4
Recoil right 0.3 -> 0.4
FirstSRecoilMul 1 -> 2
Recoil decrease 15 -> 13

PDWs
AS VAL
Recoil left 0.2 -> 0.25
Recoil right 0.3 -> 0.45
Recoil decrease 22 -> 18

PDW-R
Recoil decrease 22 -> 18
FirstSRecoilMul 2.5 -> 2
Min spread, ADS, not moving 0.4 -> 0.5
Min spread, ADS, moving 0.6 -> 0.8
Min spread, HIP, not moving
^ Standing 1.5 -> 2
^ Crouching 1 -> 1.5
^ Prone 0.75 -> 1
Min spread, HIP, moving
^ Standing 2 -> 2.5
^ Crouching 1.5 -> 2
^ Prone 1.25 -> 1.5

MP7
Min spread, HIP, not moving, prone & crouching 0.75 -> 1.2
Min spread, HIP,moving, prone & crouching 1.25 -> 1.5

P90
Min spread, HIP, not moving, prone & crouching 0.75 -> 1.2
Min spread, HIP,moving, prone & crouching 1.25 -> 1.5

PP-19
Recoil decrease 25 -> 20
FirstSRecoilMul 2.5 -> 2
Min spread, HIP, not moving, prone & crouching 0.75 -> 1.2
Min spread, HIP,moving, prone & crouching 1.25 -> 1.5

PP2000
Min spread, HIP, not moving, prone & crouching 0.75 -> 1.2
Min spread, HIP,moving, prone & crouching 1.25 -> 1.5

UMP45
Min spread, HIP, not moving, prone & crouching 0.75 -> 1.2
Min spread, HIP,moving, prone & crouching 1.25 -> 1.5

Pistols

G18
Recoil up 0.7 -> 0.5

M9
RecoilDecrease 15 -> 30

M93R
Recoil up 0.5 -> 0.4
Recoil left 0.4 -> 0.2
Recoil right 0.4 -> 0.2
FirstSRecoilMul 2.5 -> 2

.44 Magnum
Spread increase 0.6 -> 0.3

Sokolovac wrote:

Please remember that these stats may get tweaked slightly according to community feedback.

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BF3 - Rush/Karkand Server Update

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 04:06:05 +0000

Just wanted to let everyone know that our Rush and Karkand server will be moving to a new machine later this evening or early in the morning. Hopefully just when they are empty.

For those of you who don't know though about the issues happening, those 2 servers are on the same box. Well there was another server who was constantly being attacked, which would cause people to lose connection in both of those servers.

That will no longer happen after I contacted Branzone and they said they would be moving our servers for us!

Tribes Ascend Beta - Live Stream

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:08:15 +0000

Check out our own ToastedWaffle doing some streaming of Tribes Ascend Beta right now! He'll be streaming as often as possible so make sure to check out the stream, and send the link to your friends as well!

http://www.own3d.tv/ADKGamers

http://www.reddit.co...ta_live_stream/

And help us out by getting the reddit link up-voted!

BF3 - Karkand/Rush Kicking Entire Server

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:34:35 +0000

Just recently, for the past 2 nights at the SAME time our Karkand and Rush server has kicked everyone in the server. It's not the server crashing, and normally we only expected this once in a blue moon due to EA/DICE issues and the connection to their servers gets lost.

I'm not so certain that EA/DICE is the full blame here since it has happened two evenings in a row, since it was rarely happening to us with our Branzone servers. With that being said I have a request out to Branzone to look into this issue. I will keep you all updated on this issue with whatever it might be EA/DICE or the Data Center and I apologize for any issues this has caused for you.

Thank you for supporting the =ADK= Gaming Community

::EDIT::

We got a response back from Branzone. They informed us that both of these servers are on the same machine in which there is another IP being DDOS'd which is causing the issues. That being the reason why 2 nights in a row around the same time this issue has occurred and caused the connection issues. The IP has been null routed by the data center which is why we are able to access the servers again.

Team Fortress 2 - 2012!

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:02:23 +0000

If you thought the end of the world was the only thing to look forward to in 2012, guess again. There's a ton of TF2 stuff on the horizon, running for their lives just slightly ahead of the Mayan blood tornadoes.

A Secret TF2 Project!

The TF2 team is working on something brand new for 2012. We can't tell you what it is, because they won't tell us, but what they WILL say is that it isn't a hat, it isn't a map, and go away. From this we can only conclude that the TF2 team is working on some ungodly hat-map hybrid that you can wear on your head while you run around in it. You heard it here first. Also last, because they just told us it's not that either. But it's
really cool.

A Steam Workshop Blog!

You might think we went a little overboard putting an exclamation mark on that title, but hear us out: we bought a gross of exclamatory punctuation on eBay, and we've got to get rid of these things before someone finds out how much we spent on them. ($7,000!!!!!!) Anyway, the blog is live! Check it out here for the latest workshop news and announcements! There've been nearly 4000 user-generated items submitted so far, and we're going to keep shipping them throughout the year(!), so head over to the Workshop and vote on what you'd like to see.

The Last "Meet the Team" Short

That title probably deserved an exclamation mark, but we over-estimated how many we had and now we're out. This year, the lovable, indecipherable Pyro finally gets some time in the spotlight. There will be blood. And not like in the movie There Will Be Blood, either, where there was only blood at the end, and not even very much of it. Ours has lots of blood pretty much all the way through. If the butterscotch mint-sucking old mummies who pick the Academy Awards thought Look Out, There Might Be a Little Blood was great, wait’ll they see how many gallons we managed to cram into our movie. They’re going to have to melt down Fort Knox to make all the Oscars we’re going to win.

The Second Annual Saxxy Awards

Just in case the Oscar mummies don’t recognize the subtle dramatic undertones of the uninterrupted blood explosion that is Meet the Pyro, we can always stack the deck at the Saxxys, our own awards show. This year, expect the Saxxys to be much bigger and better, due to the imminent unveiling of another secret. Is it that we’re giving Meet the Pyro five Oscars? That’s not the secret, but let’s just say we’d like to thank the Academy. More specifically, we’d like to thank the Academy’s lawyers for not reading this blog post.

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Battlefield 3 - Origin Outage 2/3/2012

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:06:14 +0000

This is directly from EA for those of you who were only checking out the Battlelog Forums. We hope you'll come join us once they get these issues taken care of!

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We are aware of a current outage that may affect the following:

-Slow Client Launch times
-Login Issues
-Games not displaying properly
-Download Issues
-Activation and Game Licensing issues
-Origin Store Purchasing Issues

This is currently being addressed. We will post back with any updates.

Thanks,
Origin Live Ops

And some of you might have gotten a pop-up on Origin that looked something like this:

BF3 - Battlelog Update #5

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:52:09 +0000

After about 2 1/2 hours of downtime for Battlelog they have finally told us what all was being updated. Honestly after 2 1/2 hours of downtime, I expected more than just these few things. But at least it was shorter than the 3 hours they told us.

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Here is the change log for Battlelog Update #5:
- The News section is now available without logging in.

- Changed browser detection to be less invasive (the yellow bar is no more). Instead, an inline popup will be displayed when trying to launch the game from unsupported software of devices, detailing what is wrong.

- Anyone who has played BF3 can now log in to Battlelog, previously an Online Pass was required.

- When getting disconnected from the game, the Game Manager will display a "Reconnect" button.

- The game server detail page will now display the server description and server message, if available.

+ lots of bug fixes

So now that you see the list of updates, tell us what you think about it.

BF3 - Maintenance January 31st

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:49:53 +0000

Unfortunately our populated servers will be coming down here in about 7 hours so it seems. They haven't told us what exactly they are doing yet, but once they release the notes we will let everybody know. Below is the current information that we have from EA/DICE.

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There will be some downtime tomorrow during a regular maintenance period at

12:00 AM PST - 3:00 AM PST
03:00 AM EST - 06:00 AM EST
08:00 GMT - 11:00 GMT
09:00 CET - 12:00 CET

This will affect online connectivity on platforms PC, Xbox 360 and PS3.

During this downtime, Battlelog will be updated. More information on this tomorrow.

STEAM Releases Apps for iOS and Android!

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:51:37 +0000

So according to the Android Market and kotaku, Valve has release'd the popular gaming platform "STEAM" on Android and iOS.

The app, currently available in the appstore, is in Closed Beta, but you can still get access and download the app.

In order to be in the beta, user's should try to log into their account from the application.

From the android market:

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Steam: chat and participate in the Steam community, catch unbeatable Steam sales
With the free Steam app for Android, you can participate in the Steam community wherever you go. Chat with your Steam friends, browse community groups and user profiles, read the latest gaming news and stay up to date on unbeatable Steam sales.

from the press release:

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With the Steam app, gamers around the world may chat with Steam friends, browse community groups and user profiles, view screenshots and user-generated content for their favorite games, read the latest gaming news, stay up to date on unbeatable Steam sales, and more.
"The Steam app comes from many direct requests from our customers," said Gabe Newell, co-founder and president of Valve. "Seeing which of your friends are online and playing a game, sending quick messages, looking at screenshots for an upcoming game, or catching a sale - these are all features customers have requested. Mobile is changing way people interact, play games and consume media, and the Steam app is part of our commitment to meet customer demands and expand the service functionality of Steam to make it richer and more accessible for everyone."

Now only if Battlefield and League of Legends used STEAM's Chat system.

Android Market: https://market.andro...steam.community

Apple AppStore: http://itunes.apple....ile/id495369748

Official Page: http://store.steampowered.com/mobile

Battlefield 3 - R19 Patch - 1/24/2012

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:04:02 +0000

This new update is supposed to fix some more server crashes as well as expanding the ban list to prevent crashes that way. Seems as though they are finally stepping up and realizing how many hackers are truly out there! Thank you EA/DICE!

Listed below is the changelog

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Fixed the most common server crash. The story behind this one is fairly convoluted:

When a player begins the process of joining a server, the server will begin buffering some kinds of information in anticipation of the player completing the loading & joining phase. However, players sometimes get stuck in the loading screen. This makes the server buffer more and more info for that player. A side effect of this is a temporary resource leak in the game server. The leak is immediately restored if the server changes map, or the player completes loading, or the player shuts down the game client. However if a player manages to remain stuck for 30+ minutes in loading on a server with lots of activity and the server doesn’t end the round, then the server could run out of the particular resource – it would then crash.

The new server version will forcibly disconnect clients which are threatening to exhaust that particular resource. With this change in place, we do not know of anything that would make high-ticket servers less stable than normal-ticket servers.

Long banlists will not crash the server.

The banlist supports up to 10.000 entries now. This limit can be raised in the future.
The banList.list command has been modified to return at most 100 entries at a time (similar to how BC2 PC’s banList.list command works).
Any administrative tools will need to be updated to be able to see more than the first 100 entries.

Battlefield 3 DLC... Where is it?

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:56:22 +0000

Battlefield 3 was announced on Feburary 4, 2011, and soon after we all found out about "Back to Karkand". This expansion pack was going to be an incentive to pre-order and buy the game new. As time progressed the expansions developers slowly started to reveal more and more information. The expansion was set to include 4 classic Battlefield 2 maps, 3 Battlefield 2 vehicles, and 10 classic weapons among other various new features. Now I know what your thinking I've played Back to Karkand and I know all of that, well what you most likely don't know is that Battlefield 3 is supposed to recieve three times the amount of DLC that Bad Company 2 recieved. Bad Company 2 had 16 VIP maps in total, Onslaught mode for consoles and the critically acclaimed Vietnam expansion pack which featured 15 new weapons, 7 new vehicles, and 5 new maps. Add all that up and multiply it by three and you end up with roughly 60 maps, 45 weapons, and 21 vehicles. Now I'm all for DLC, even if I have to pay for it, but where is this supposed stream of Battlefield 3 content? Niklas Fergraeus, lead designer of Back to Karkand, states: "Well, with Battlefield: Bad Company 2, we did a lot of experimenting with DLC, and I think that we learnt a lot along the way. The goal is that any content for Battlefield 3 will be of the same quality as Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam." During a conference call with investors in October, EA revealed that Battlefield 3 has an “aggressive downloadable content plan”, according to EA’s Frank Gibeau. So where is all of this DLC? It's been over 40 days since Karkand released, and we have yet to hear anything about the next piece of content to be released. So are you happy about DLC not being put out? What kind of DLC do you want to see? The new F-35 included in Back to Karkand

Promotional image for Bad Company 2's Vietnam expansion

STOP SOPA

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:43:46 +0000

Many sites are taking the day and voluntarily shutting them down. Whether it be for a few hours, or the entire day. Others who aren't doing so are stating to the public that they are against SOPA.

If you haven't looked into what SOPA is, you should do so.

https://www.google.c...ing/takeaction/

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The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), also known as House Bill 3261 or H.R. 3261, is a bill that was introduced in the United States House of Representatives on October 26, 2011, by House Judiciary Committee Chair Representative Lamar S. Smith (R-TX) and a bipartisan group of 12 initial co-sponsors. The bill, if made law, would expand the ability of U.S. law enforcement and copyright holders to fight online trafficking in copyrighted intellectual property and counterfeit goods.[2] Presented to the House Judiciary Committee, it builds on the similar PRO-IP Act of 2008 and the corresponding Senate bill, the PROTECT IP Act.[3]
The originally proposed bill would allow the U.S. Department of Justice, as well as copyright holders, to seek court orders against websites accused of enabling or facilitating copyright infringement. Depending on who makes the request, the court order could include barring online advertising networks and payment facilitators from doing business with the allegedly infringing website, barring search engines from linking to such sites, and requiring Internet service providers to block access to such sites. The bill would make unauthorized streaming of copyrighted content a crime, with a maximum penalty of five years in prison for ten such infringements within six months. The bill also gives immunity to Internet services that voluntarily take action against websites dedicated to infringement, while making liable for damages any copyright holder who knowingly misrepresents that a website is dedicated to infringement.[4]
Proponents of the bill say it protects the intellectual property market and corresponding industry, jobs and revenue, and is necessary to bolster enforcement of copyright laws, especially against foreign websites.[5] They cite examples such as Google's $500 million settlement with the Department of Justice for its role in a scheme to target U.S. consumers with ads to illegally import prescription drugs from Canadian pharmacies.[6]
Opponents say that it violates the First Amendment,[7] is Internet censorship,[8] will cripple the Internet,[9] and will threaten whistle-blowing and other free speech actions.[7][10] Opponents have initiated a number of protest actions, including petition drives, boycotts of companies that support the legislation, and planned service blackouts by English Wikipedia and major Internet companies scheduled to coincide with the next Congressional hearing on the matter.
The House Judiciary Committee held hearings on November 16 and December 15, 2011. The Committee was scheduled to continue debate in January 2012,[11] but on January 17 Chairman Smith said that "[d]ue to the Republican and Democratic retreats taking place over the next two weeks, markup of the Stop Online Piracy Act is expected to resume in February."[12]

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Changes to Donations - Coming Soon!

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 08:03:51 +0000

Currently we have a "Donor Status" set up for those who chose to donate for one of those Statuses. Well that worked for us while we were a smaller community, but with us growing like we have been, we need something that is more feasible for those who donate.

We aren't sure exactly what we will be doing, but it will include a few different things like being able to listen in on meetings, join in on discussions in meetings, and more info to come soon. So what it comes down to is, we want to give back to those who give to us, and it's just a matter of figuring out exactly what we will be donig.

All of the admins who joined in the last meeting agreed this would be a good change, so we hope you are looking forward to it as well. If you haven't noticed as well, everybody who donates will be able to be a part of the Monthly Raffle.

Thanks for supporting the =ADK= Gaming Community.

[COMING SOON] Weekly Articles from the =ADK= pA...

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:33:34 +0000

Have you ever wanted to know some information from the guys on the top of the scoreboards and how they do it? Or what type of equipment they use and why? Well now is your chance to ask questions and find out.

LethalWMD, Elegy, 9091NE and kmk01 will be writing articles responding to questions and giving some tips and tricks of how they do what they do so well. We will be opening up a section of the forums later this afternoon to start asking some questions that you'd like to have answered.

Make sure to let your friends know to come and register on the website because not all of the articles will be available to guests who aren't registered. As well as they won't be able to ask questions without registering!

Be looking for these articles to start in the coming week!

BF3 - Server Updates - 1/12/2012 (2 pm PST)

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:09:57 +0000

So many of you got online and were wondering why the servers were empty.

Well after getting kicked off of Origin and not being able to login, I decided to go and look at the issues.

I looked in the Battlelog forums, and sure enough many other people were having the same issue. Checked the EA Server status HERE and sure enough the servers were listed as "Stressed" and that was why I saw literally tons of people trying to connect to the TDM server and nobody was able to get in. Then hopping on Team Speak to find out Elegy and many others were having the same issue.

As I finish writing this it looks like after many hours the PC servers are no longer stressed and people are able to join. I will keep you guys updated if there are any more issues! And I do want to thank those of you who came on the site and on the Chat this morning asking about what was going on. I appreciate the fact that people care, and support the community and our servers. Stay tuned for more info about the removal of our NFo servers and possible gaining of 2 new servers.

Metro and Rush to be shut down. (Please Read)

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:47:04 +0000

After much deliberation we will be removing the 24/7 Metro and 24/7 Rush server in the next few days if not sooner than later.

Those of you who have been on Team Speak while the multitude of issues have occurred with the Metro/Rush servers know I am fed up with NFo. They have and will always blame all the issues that have occurred on EA/DICE. While that's understandable, it's happening way too often on NFo servers, where as Branzone has not had any of these issues since the first few patches. So that only leads me to believe that there are some issues that NFo could take care of in some way, but won't.

All of our BF3 Servers are in Chicago, and yes there are multiple data centers in every state. But when a customer says they aren't experiencing this issue with another provider, you'd think they would look into the issue. No, in fact they won't. And rather than trying to figure out a way to prevent the issues from occurring, they just put the blame elsewhere constantly. I'm fine with issues being EA/DICE related, but when they continue to occur multiple times with just these 2 servers.

Also, when these issues started occurring multiple times a day/week we were told that we were being DDOS'd. I didn't believe it and neither did my friend who was getting us the servers at a discounted price on his dedicated box. So we asked to change the IPs of the servers, after a bunch of grief saying that would take a while to do they did it. Well what's the reason now for the same issues occurring? They didn't say anything about DDOS, but instead they say it's an EA/DICE issue. So what one is it?! DDOS or EA/DICE? I don't think they know, especially because they will take 16 year olds to "volunteer" for them to answer support tickets. And then the tickets always get pushed to the Owner anyways since the support techs can't do anything.

Nuclear Fall Out is not what I once remembered it was supposed to be. NFo is not a place for a growing gaming community, but rather young gamers who are looking for a start. Here at ADK we need reliability and top notch support, and NFo definitely doesn't have that.

We are terribly sorry to all of you who have found us through our Metro and Rush servers, but we will be taking them down. While they were cheaper for us than the $80 - 90 a month that we have to pay for our Branzone servers they were nowhere near the quality.

We would love to get those servers back up and running, and if we do end up purchasing 5 servers from Branzone, we can get a discount of about 1 free server. So the total would be about $350 a month for all 5 servers, plus High CPU Priority, and then the 6th server that we currently have for our Scrims/Matches. So 5 servers with High CPU Priority would be around $450 dollars a month, and that doesn't include the 6th match server.

There's an opportunity to get a great deal here, but currently we don't have enough revenue for $350 a month. We are probably about $100 short. Donations are greatly appreciated. We can take donations of any amount, starting at $2. All donations go directly towards the game servers. And everyone who donates will also be entered into our monthly raffle.

Thank you for your support and understanding of the current situation. We look to bring back those 2 servers as soon as possible.

Passive Aggressor (pA) joins =ADK=

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:02:07 +0000

In a recent discussion with the members of Passive Aggressor, they have now joined the =ADK= Gaming Community, and will be taking part in all tournaments as 'ADK'.

For those of you who don't know those at Passive Aggressor, they are some great guys with tons of talent! If you've been on the =ADK= Servers, I'm sure you know who they are. This is great news for both parties and we are glad to have them on board. We will be supporting them throughout the rest of their competitions in the current TWL as well as their upcoming and future competitions.

The members of pA who will be joining us are:

90N1NE
Elegy
kmk01
LethalWMD

We are in the process of getting a scrim server set up for them as well as for those in ADK who are looking to take part in Competitive GamePlay. There will be more information in the member section of the forums regarding the competitive aspect. So members please be on the look out for that.

So we hope all of you are as excited about this sponsorship as both the guys from pA and I am. This is going to open up many opportunities for us, and is definitely something I've been looking to do for quite a while, and was quite happy when they brought this up to me. Be on the lookout for more information that might be posted.

Thanks for your support of the =ADK= Gaming Community!

Battlefield 3 - R17 Patch

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:09:22 +0000

Finally it looks as though EA/DICE are hopefully taking a step in the right direction to take care of the many hackers on this game. For those of you who don't believe that there are any hackers on BF3, you need to take your head and remove it from a certain part of your body and know that there are an insane amount of hackers on BF3.

Lets hope this patch fixes some of these hacks and then lets also hope for more patches to prevent more of the hackers.

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BF3_R17_896646

This update fixes several of the cheat exploits allowing hackers to mass kill players.

So I have 2 of the Branzone servers updated. The 3rd will update on its own in the morning.
Still waiting for a response back from NFo since they don't give us the ability to update our own servers, which sucks since we have to wait to fill them now because I don't want our members to waste their time filling the servers just to have them go down again. So I'll keep all of you updated on the status of those 2 servers and their updating process.

BF3 - Vote kick/ban REMOVED

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:46:44 +0000

Alright,

So yesterday I added the Vote Kick/Ban feature to all of the servers, despite having doubts about it and what it will do to the @report and @admin feature in our server. Which is the BEST feature we have and allows us to be ontop of all the hackers.

Well this evening, 2 servers emptied because of the Vote Kick/Ban feature being used and not being successful. And because people were too busy using that feature they didn't use @report or @admin, which is exactly what I knew was going to happen, even without announcing that I added it. Because once 1 person tried it, everybody and their mothers followed along and didn't contact the admins.

With all that being said Vote Kick/Ban is now removed from all of the servers. I'm sorry but I'm not going to risk servers emptying while admins are at our computers because people won't use a feature that will get the player removed quicker than Vote Kick/Ban. That should be used in case of an emergency and admins can't be there.

I hope you all understand, and PLEASE make sure you tell everybody in the server to use the feature. I don't care if I get 30 emails at a time while one hacker is in the server. I would rather have that than 2 64 man servers completely empty because of a feature people say is needed, when truly it's not.

So while I am frustrated that the servers emptied because of that feature, I know we can get them populated again, so I hope you will all join us in the morning to fill them.

Thanks for your support of the community!

BF3 - Optimization Guide

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:18:55 +0000

Index:
1 - Network / Connection Issues.
2 - Gameplay Tweaks.
3 - Game Crash / Install / Stability Issues.
4 - Frame Rate & Performance.

Network Tweaks / Connection Issues.
Fix Disconnections:
UPnP - Router:
1. Log into your modem / router.
2. Turn OFF UPNP.

Turn off PC UPnP Service:
1. Press: Windows-button (the one between lAlt and lCtrl) + R, a window should pop up.
2. Write: "services.msc" (without the ") then press enter.
3. In the list of services, scroll down to "UPnP Device Host", click it and press "Stop service".
4. Now do the same thing but with the service "SSDP Discovery".
5. Exit the window and go to control panel-> Network and Internet-> Network and Sharing Centre-> Change advanced sharing settings (to the left)-> Under "network discovery" select to turn off network discovery
6. SAVE CHANGE

Firewall Blocking / etc
- Boot MSconfig in start. Disable your Firewall and Anti Virus if its a windows based one. Disable any other process there that might affect you and reboot.
-If game works fine. This means there is some issue with your firewall or Anti virus setup.

ECN Packets has been enabled by a Net Speed Tool
To fix this :
1. open a CMD prompt AS ADMINISTRATOR
2. type "netsh"
3. type "int tcp set global ecncapability=disabled"
ECN packets are Refused by EA. These are FAKE packets to fool the connection.

Set BF3 PC in DMZ on your router.
-Note will expose the computer, and the PC will not be protected by the routers firewall.
-Make sure you have your windows firewall enabled.
-This should be a "last resort" measure.

Battlefield 3 Ports:
PC Ports:
TCP: 80, 443, 9988, 20000-20100, 22990, 17502, 42127
UDP: 3659, 14000-14016, 22990-23006, 25200-25300
PS3 Ports:
TCP: 80, 443, 9988, 10000-10100, 17502, 42127
UDP: 3659, 14000-14016
Xbox 360 Ports:
TCP: 53, 88, 3074
UDP: 53, 88, 3074

Gameplay Tweaks.
Contrast & Lighting too bright !!!
Fix: Open PROF_SAVE_profile in notepad++
\Documents\Battlefield 3\settings\PROF_SAVE_profile
Change: GstRender.Contrast 0.500000
*Lower the setting to whatever feels right.
Mouse is lagging:
Fix: Turn Origin Off in game.
Settings > In Game > Enable Origin In Game.
Sluggish / Unresponsive Mouse:
1. Go here: C:\Users\YOU\Documents\Battlefield 3\settings
2. Open PROF_SAVE_profile with notepad++
3. Change the following variables:
GstInput.MouseSensitivity 0.050000
GstInput.Scheme0Sensitivity 0.000000
GstInput.Scheme1Sensitivity 0.000000
GstInput.Scheme2Sensitivity 0.000000

Game Crash / Install / Stability Issues.
Realtek Audio Bug:
1) Right Click on the Speaker icon.
2) Right click "Speakers" and select properties.
3) Advanced tab (far right)
4) Uncheck "Allow applications to take exclusive control of this device".

BF3 PC Lockup / Freeze - with looping audio:
Cause: BF3 bug with onboard (motherboard) audio.
Fix: Install a separate soundcard & use that. Disable onboard audio in BIOS.
*Note users on EA UK forums have had success with Creative X-FI cards.
Graphics Cards Crashing:
This is common with graphics cards that are factory overclocked or have been overclocked by the user.
-Simple fix is to turn down the MHz (underclock).
*Estimate 40-100 MHz.
Try turning the frequency down, until you hit a setting where the game runs nicely without lockups/crashes.

ASUS Cards - End of round crash issue:
-All credit to MrPaulieC http://battlelog.bat...54624702875874/
PROBLEM: Crashing at the end of every round (BF3.exe has stopped working) just before the scores come up and not being able to play single player.
SOLUTION: If you own an ASUS card (ATi or NV) and you installed the 'Smart Doctor' and/or 'ASUS Gamer' software then this is what's VERY likely causing you end of round crashes. All you need to do is uninstall Smart Doctor and ASUS Gamer, restart your computer and reinstall your video card drivers - that's it.

If you are experiencing Battlefield 3 black screen issues:
Method 1 (AMD & Nvidia Cards): Update to the latest video card drivers.
Method 2 (If method1 fails):
Nvidia Users: Revert to driver used during BF3 beta.

ATI users:
C:\Users\your user name\Documents\Battlefield 3\settings
PROF_SAVE_profile > open in wordpad
Edit to read: GstRender.FullscreenEnabled 0
Edit to read: GstRender.FullscreenScreen 1
Save and set file as read only
Start BF3, should start in windowed mode
Go to options > video > change undefined monitor number to "1"
Adjust screen resolution to a resolution LOWER than your default Eyefinity resolution (The one that works for me is 2760x1600) [default is 3308x1920]
Select full screen
Hit apply

Battlelog Issues:
Cause: Plugins / Network settings affecting Battlelogs operation.
Fix(es): Disable Adblocker, NoScript, Lower Firewall Settings, Open closed Ports, Enable / Disable uPnP.
Also disable any unnessesary plugins for your browser.
If all fails. Try a new browser.

Constant Crashing - Partial Fix (high level of success) 32 bit Operating Systems ONLY.
*All credit goes to striker475
http://battlelog.bat...489420350764/1/

APPLY THE WORKAROUND
Requirements
Only real requirements is that you have atleast 2GB RAM. You don't need beyond that even though we are allowing addressing up to 2.5 GB. Also following instructions and being somewhat familiar with working with files in windows is required. Make sure you are using Vista SP1 or later. If not then you need this hotfix that fixes a major blunder with Vista address space - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940105 [support.microsoft.com]
That's all, follow the 3 steps.
1) Prepare the operating system to be able to use beyone 2GB address space with a userva of 2.5GB (only 32 bit OS's need to do this): I am purposely using only 2500 for userva for specific reasons and any more will likely not be needed, as a result the kernel will have plenty of space to play in.

Windows 7/Windows Vista
* In Windows 7/Vista go to Start menu. Go to Accessories. Locate the command prompt shortcut and hover mouse over it. Right Click on the shortcut then select Run as Administrator.
* In the command prompt type this exactly: bcdedit /set increaseuserva 2500. Then hit enter.
* Make sure you get a message back confirming the change was made. To verify the entry is there you can type just bcdedit, hit enter, and you should see the entry now listed.
* Then close the command prompt. You just told Vista to increase user virtual address (userva) space to 2500MB.
* Changes take effect on reboot but don't reboot yet.

SUMMARY
We extended the user virtual address space in XP, Vista and 7 to 2500MB, so now applications can utilize up to that much if they are set to be Large Address Aware. While some 32 bit games/applications are set, Empire is not.
2) Now reboot the PC because Windows needs to set the userva at 2500 which only happens after startup.
If you skip any step it will not work. When you have rebooted you should be good to go. Run the game as normal with the original game shortcut.

TO UNDO THE CHANGES
For Vista 32 Open command prompt as administrator and type: bcdedit /deletevalue increaseuserva. That deletes the entry.
Reboot and you are back to normal.

Frame Rate & Performance.
Game Stuttering:
-Open your console in BF3 " ~ " key.
-Enter:
RenderDevice.ForceRenderAheadLimit 1
RenderDevice.TripleBufferingEnable 0
Speed Up Map Loading Times:
Nvidia Cards:
1) Open up Nvidia Control Panel
2) Click on Manage 3D Settings
3) Click on Program SettingsSelect Battlefield 3 in the drop down box (
**If it's not there click add and find bf3.exe located C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Battlefield 3)
4) Find Threaded optimization
5) Turn On
6) Click Apply
AMD/ATI Cards:
1) Download ATT http://downloads.gur...m/download...33
2) Install
3) Right click on the icon in the bottom right corner of your screen
4) Click on Tweaks
5) Click on Advanced Tweaks
6) In the drop down box select Multi Threaded SupportChange to 2 or 4
(Depending on how many cores you have on your CPU)
7) Make sure the radio box above is ticked
8 ) Click apply
Maps should now load faster.

Sluggish Performance With Smooth Frames ?
-Disable VSYNC.
*Ensure it is set to off on your graphics card.
Green Flicker Issue:
-People say that the issue is caused by lack of VRAM.
-BF3 is a VRAM whore.
-Try turning down AA to 2x MSAA, or turning off completely.
Extra Game Settings:
http://bf3.realmware...ettings-editor/
I use the above as well as standalone and it works well and is legit (freebird)
Choppy / Stuttering With High End Machines:
*Affects Intel i5 & i7 CPUs with Hyper Threading.
*Possible fix for dual-core CPUs also.
Cause: BF3 Bug
Fix:
-In BIOS. Disable Hyperthreading.
-If you have a dual core CPU, manually set Affinity in task manager to 1 core.
Extra For AMD GFX users:
- Uninstall AMD CAP profiles (Make sure to uninstall the video driver also and clean the registry, reinstall driver when done.)

Thanks to Cruz for finding the link for us!

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